Landscape record 0057703001 - Gardens of Chetwode Priory House
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Type and Period (3)
- FORMAL GARDEN (Constructed c1833, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- PLEASANCE (Constructed c1833, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)
- LANDSCAPE PARK (21st Century - 2000 AD to 2099 AD)
Description
The gardens and small late‐C20 park for a mid‐C19 country house on the site of a previous house. Most of the present layout was developed during the mid‐C19 from 1833, incorporating some earlier features. The garden has a rare detached pleasure ground. This is focussed on two existing moats re‐used as ornamental features, linked by the remains of a network of walks, including a raised nut walk, and containing a rare ornamental iron bridge dated 1859 from a local foundry (Castle Foundry, Buckingham). The layout survives largely intact as it had developed in phases by the 1920s, including an early C20 phase, with late C20/early C21 additions by the present owner featuring work by architect Peter Foster. The main loss is the layout of the kitchen garden and a section to the east. See report for detail (B17).
Sources (1)
- <17>SBC24754 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust. 2016. Chetwode Priory: Understanding Historic Parks and Gardens in Buckinghamshire.
Location
Grid reference | Centred SP 64063 29758 (425m by 304m) |
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Civil Parish | CHETWODE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Aug 27 2021 11:50AM